decametre

decametre

See also: décamètre and deca-metre

English

Alternative forms

• (US) dekameter (recommended by NIST), decameter

Etymology

Borrowed from French décamètre. Equivalent to deca- +‎ metre.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛkəmiːtə(ɹ)/

Noun

decametre (plural decametres)

1. (metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 10¹ metres. Symbol: dam
2. (prosody) A line in a poem having ten metrical feet.
3. (prosody) A poetic metre in which each line has ten feet.

Synonyms

• dam

Translations

the length of 10 metres

Belarusian: please add this translation if you can Chinese: 十米 (shí mǐ), 公丈 (gōngzhàng) Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: decameter (nl) m Finnish: dekametri (fi) French: décamètre (fr) m Galician: decámetro (gl) German: please add this translation if you can Greek: δεκάμετρο n (dekámetro) Interlingua: decametro Italian: decametro (it) m Khmer: ដេកាម៉ែត្រ (deekaa maet)

Macedonian: декаметар m (dekametar) Malay: dekameter Polish: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: decâmetro (pt) m Russian: декаме́тр (ru) m (dekamétr) Spanish: decámetro m Swedish: dekameter (sv) c Tagalog: pulpanukat Telugu: డెకామీటరు (ḍekāmīṭaru) Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: đêcamet, đê-ca-mét, đề-ca-mét

Anagrams

• decameter